Bi-color: This is the kind of coat a cat has when their fur has one main color (not light) with white patches. It might look like a tuxedo when a cat is mostly black with a bit of white on the chest or a van — a white cat with a colored top of the head and tail.
Tabby: This is the pattern determined by the gene that can give 4 kinds of patterns — mackerel, classic, spotted, and ticked. Tabbies can also be a part of another basic coat pattern such as calico or tortoiseshell.
Mackerel tabby: Characterized with vertical stripes on the sides. The narrow lines can be continuous or broken.
Classic tabby, also called marbled: There’s a butterfly button on the shoulders and 3 thin stripes on the spine.
Ticked tabby: Such cats seem solid but they have marks on the paws, tail, and face.
Spotted tabbies: They have stripes broken into smaller and bigger spots. This pattern is often observed among Bengal, Serengeti, Egyptian Mau, Arabian Mau, Maine Coon, and other breeds.
Tortoiseshell and calico (or tri-color): This is a color with red and black spots and their diluted forms are cream and gray. Such cats might also have white spots. The cats that have a lot of white are tri-color or calico. Tortoiseshell cats have red and black spots that look like patchwork.
Colorpoint: Such cats have dark pigmentation on the face, ears, legs, and tails, and lighter colors on the rest of the body. Siamese cats are most commonly associated with this coat pattern, but many other domestic cats can also be colorpoint.
Silver pattern: The silver coat pattern is the pattern in which only the tips of the hair are actually colored. The gene responsible for this pattern makes solid cats duller and striped cats shinier.

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